title: A new breed of doctors.
abstract: Medical education in Nigeria is by and large still geared to international recognition. It is high time to discard this hangover from the colonial past. While maintaining international standards of excellence, Nigeria's medical schools need to turn out doctors equipped to solve Nigeria's health problems, not those of other countries.
authors.affiliation: Minister of Health of Nigeria, Lagos.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ransome-Kuti
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria